Research Highlights (July-September 2016), 2016 Senior Research Fellow, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, New Delhi
Research Highlights (July-September 2016), Reteka Sexena
Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy
No abstract provided.
Book Review On "Homoeopathy For Common Diseases-Before Consulting A Doctor", 2016 Chairman, for Committee of Excellence in Education in Homoeopathy, C.C.H, New Delhi, 2Former Principal CUM Superintendent, Dr. A. C. Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Book Review On "Homoeopathy For Common Diseases-Before Consulting A Doctor", Laxmikanta Nanda
Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy
No abstract provided.
The Use Of Platelet Rich Fibrin In Pulpal And Periodontal Regeneration, 2016 University of Nebraska Medical Center
The Use Of Platelet Rich Fibrin In Pulpal And Periodontal Regeneration, Elisabeth L. Easley
Theses & Dissertations
Purpose: Platelet rich fibrin (PRF) has been postulated to aid in regeneration. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the inflammatory response of PRF in vitro, and analyze clinically and histologically the effectiveness of PRF on pulpal regeneration after reimplantation.
Materials and Methods: The in vivo experiment included 18 patients (69 teeth). Teeth were extracted and apicoectomy performed. The tooth was reimplanted and splinted after PRF was condensed into the apex. Control teeth received the same treatment with the exception of the PRF. After 3-11 months, vitality was checked, teeth were extracted and analyzed histologically. For the in …
Ginseng Polysaccharides Nanoparticles - Synthesis, Characterization, And Biological Activity, 2016 The University of Western Ontario
Ginseng Polysaccharides Nanoparticles - Synthesis, Characterization, And Biological Activity, Kazi Farida Akhter
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
North American (NA) ginseng is a widely used medicinal plant. Polysaccharides (PS), the major medicinal fractions derived from NA ginseng root, have been shown several biological activities including anti-carcinogenic, anti-aging, immunostimulatory and antioxidant activity. This work focused on nanoprocessing of ginseng PS for enhancing their immunostimulation. Herein, we have developed a novel microfluidic approach to synthesize ginseng PS nanoparticles (NPs) from NA ginseng root. The microfluidics was found to provide unimodal PS spheres down to 20 nm with very narrow particle size distributions. In addition, the immunostimulating effect was investigated on Murine macrophage cell lines, with the results revealing an …
Incorporating Naturopathic Medicine Into A Hospital Setting: One Institution's Experience, 2016 Beaumont Health
Incorporating Naturopathic Medicine Into A Hospital Setting: One Institution's Experience, Thomas Lanni, Maureen Anderson, Hallie Armstrong, Gail Elliott Patricolo
Articles
The number of patients seeking complementary health approaches combined with conventional treatments has grown considerably over the past decade. The current authors have previously described how an integrative medicine department was initiated and implemented at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan. This article discusses how the integrative medicine department was expanded to include naturopathic medicine. This expansion was implemented because patients were taking herbs and supplements without their doctors' knowledge. This situation can be dangerous, especially for patients with cancer who are receiving chemotherapy, as various herbs and supplements can interact with treatment for these patients. Because the State of Michigan …
Effects Of Prebiotics On Gut Bacterial Communities And Healing Of Induced Colitis In Mice, 2016 University of Southern Mississippi
Effects Of Prebiotics On Gut Bacterial Communities And Healing Of Induced Colitis In Mice, Krystyn Elizabeth Davis
Master's Theses
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) cause chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract and debilitating symptoms in those suffering from the diseases. After inducing colitis in a mouse model using Dextran Sulfate Sodium (DSS), prebiotics inulin and oligofructose enriched inulin (OEI) were used as treatments to determine their effects on the gut microbial community, physiological healing process, and immune response in the mice after initial inflammation and before subsequent inflammation, or relapse. The treatment with inulin led to an increase in regulatory T cell number, but this increase was not as significant as the increase induced by the OEI. Inulin increased the …
Effects Of Human Maternal Placentophagy On Postpartum Maternal Affect, Health, And Recovery, 2016 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Effects Of Human Maternal Placentophagy On Postpartum Maternal Affect, Health, And Recovery, Sharon Marie Young
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Postpartum ingestion of the afterbirth by the mother, or maternal placentophagy, is a common behavior among eutherian mammals, including non-human primates, with humans as a rare exception. Despite the conspicuous absence of placentophagy in the cross-cultural ethnographic record, the practice appears to be gaining popularity among a small but growing number of advocates in various industrialized contexts who claim that the practice provides benefits to the postpartum mother, namely the relief and prevention of postpartum blues and depressive symptoms, improved breast milk production, and enhanced bonding with their infant. Because the placenta serves as an endocrine organ throughout pregnancy and …
Biodiversity Of Medicinal Plants In The Highlands: Problems And Perspectives, 2016 CUNY Hostos Community College
Biodiversity Of Medicinal Plants In The Highlands: Problems And Perspectives, Vyacheslav Dushenkov
Publications and Research
Climate change is affecting medicinal plants around the world and could ultimately lead to losses of some key species, in particular species endemic to a region and causing plants to migrate to new ranges. As the situation unfolds, climate change may become a pressing issue for the herbal community, affecting medicinal plant supply chains with varying requirements for plant cultivation, resource management in the wild, harvesting, processing, and importantly marketing.
International Trade Effects Of Regional Economic Integration In Africa: The Case Of The Southern African Development Community (Sadc), 2016 Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
International Trade Effects Of Regional Economic Integration In Africa: The Case Of The Southern African Development Community (Sadc), Mengesha Yayo, Sisay Asefa
International Journal of African Development
Empirical studies on regional economic integration process in Africa exhibit sluggish progress, and there by limited level of intra-trade. The existing literature in Africa, particularly in the Southern African regional integration bloc, has neglected the effects of regional economic integration dealing with disaggregated data. This study analyzes trade creation and diversion effects of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) using disaggregated data. The investigation estimates an augmented gravity model using panel data and random effect estimator methods applying instrumental variables where needed.
The results show that intra-SADC trade is growing in the fuel and minerals and the heavy manufacturing sectors …
Alternative Methods For The Treatment Of Chemo-Resistant Cancers, 2016 University of Massachusetts Amherst
Alternative Methods For The Treatment Of Chemo-Resistant Cancers, Kaitlyn Wong
Doctoral Dissertations
Great strides have been made in cancer therapy in the past century, yet it remains one of the leading causes of death in the United States today. This work aimed to shed light on novel methods to treat a variety of aggressive and often chemo-resistant cancers both in vitro and in vivo. The first aim of this work was to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of poly(methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine) (polyMPC) prodrugs compared to standard chemotherapeutic agents. Conjugation of polyMPC to drugs such as doxorubicin (Dox) can result in its improved solubility, prolonged half-life and therapeutic efficacy. PolyMPC and polyMPC-Dox (at a …
Medicinal Plants Of Trinidad And Tobago: Selection Of Antidiabetic Remedies, 2016 Florida International University
Medicinal Plants Of Trinidad And Tobago: Selection Of Antidiabetic Remedies, Angelle L. Bullard-Roberts
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of non-infectious diseases that cause hyperglycemia. DM symptoms were first clinically described by ancient Greek physicians whose prescriptions included plant-based remedies. Today, DM affects >400 million people globally and prevalence rates are rapidly increasing in developing countries where basic healthcare relies on local knowledge of botanical remedies. Many developing countries are home to diverse peoples and plants—providing fodder for varied plant-selection strategies and unique botanical pharmacopoeias.
I addressed the plant-selection strategies used in a multi-ethnic, developing country, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), to ascertain their role in shaping the local antidiabetic pharmacopoeia and to assess …
Full 3rd Edition, 2016 Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School
Visual Sexualities: Exploring An Integration Of Art And Sex Therapies, 2016 Widener University - Main Campus
Visual Sexualities: Exploring An Integration Of Art And Sex Therapies, Jillien Kahn
Journal of Clinical Art Therapy
This research explores the potential of integrating art and sex therapies. Three interviews were performed: two with certified art therapists one with a certified sex therapist, in order to understand how each of these professionals approaches issues of sexuality and creative expression within his or her practice. The resulting data was compared within and between each interviewee, resulting three overarching themes through which the challenges regarding this integration can be understood. It was found that there is great potential for an integration of the two therapies, provided clinicians have access to appropriate training, as well as a deeper understanding of …
Exploring Ranges, Tensions, And Potential Integrations: Editorial Notes For Jcat’S 3rd Edition, 2016 Loyola Marymount University
Exploring Ranges, Tensions, And Potential Integrations: Editorial Notes For Jcat’S 3rd Edition, Einat Metzl
Journal of Clinical Art Therapy
No abstract provided.
Front Matter, 2016 Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School
Quick Screening Of Cancers, Cardiovascular Diseases, And Brain Problems By Non-Invasively Detecting Visible And Non-Visible Abnormalities Existing At Accurate Organ Representation Areas Of Head, Pupils, Eyebrows, Areas On & Around Eyes, Lips, & Nose Of Race, Tongue, Hands, & Feet, And Use Of "Mouth, Hand & Foot Writing Form" To Make Quick Non-Invasive Early Diagnosis Of Cancer & Other Medical Problems On Any Part Of Body & Evaluation Of Any Therapeutic Effects, Yoshiaki Omura
NYMC Faculty Conference Abstracts
Various cancers, cardiovascular diseases and brain problems can be screened quickly by detection of visible and invisible abnormal findings appearing at organ representation areas.Using strong electromagnetic field resonance phenomenon between 2 identical molecules or tissues,known as O-Ring Test, for which US patent was given, we can identify any molecules non-invasively. Using this method, we were able to map accurate organ representation areas at different parts of the body surfaces. Abnormality always appears as visible or non-visible changes. In cancer positive areas, we found significant increases in OncogenC-fosAb2, Integrin α5 β1, & 8-OH-dG and significant decrease in Taurine&1α, 25 (OH)2D3 (T …
Natural Products For Infectious Diseases, 2016 Wonkwang UniversitySchool of Dentistry
Natural Products For Infectious Diseases, Kang-Ju Kim, Xiangqian Liu, Takashi Komabayashi, Seung-Il Jeong, Serkan Selli
Dental Medicine Faculty Publications
Editorial introduction to Natural Products For Infectious Diseases, the 2016 special issue of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, including 7 research articles and 1 review article addressing the efficacies of natural products for treating infectious diseases, such as infection by multidrug-resistant bacteria, viral influenza, coccidiosis, leishmaniasis, infectious septic shock, and biofilm formation. These articles represent pharmacological activity tests, investigation of action mechanisms of natural products, clinical trials with scientific statistical analyses, and phytochemical analyses of bioactive components in medicinal plants, which are important for scientific validation of the use of natural products in alternative and complimentary medicine.
Wo’Kikso’Ye!: Live And Remember. Reflections On Akicita Cik’Ila, Little Soldier, Alex Lunderman (1929-2000), 2016 West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Wo’Kikso’Ye!: Live And Remember. Reflections On Akicita Cik’Ila, Little Soldier, Alex Lunderman (1929-2000), Richard William Voss, Joel R. Ambelang
Richard Voss
It isn’t often that one gets to meet someone like Alex J. Lunderman, Sr. His Lakota name was Akicita Cik’ala (Little Soldier). The co-authors of this reflection worked closely with Alex over the years in different ways. Richard Voss, who is the speaker in this narrative, met Alex (Little Soldier) in his personal spiritual journey that eventually linked to his research interests in a number of collaborations with Alex (Little Soldier) and other Lakota Elders (Voss, R. W., Douville, V., Little Soldier, A., & White Hat, Sr., 1999a; Voss, Douville, Little Soldier, & Twiss, 1999b). Joel Ambelang followed this research …
Botanical Therapeutics In The Modern World, 2016 CUNY Hostos Community College
Botanical Therapeutics In The Modern World, Vyacheslav Dushenkov, Brittany L. Graf, Mary Ann Lila
Publications and Research
Plants are the source of a broad spectrum of biologically active phytochemicals. For effective defense against pathogens and abiotic stress, plants have developed complicated chemical strategies with different mechanisms of action. By harnessing these phytochemicals, humans have used plants for medicinal purposes for over 30,000 years, and they remain a valuable source for the development of modern therapeutics. Plant-derived materials are utilized as pharmaceuticals, botanical drugs, dietary supplements (nutraceuticals), functional food ingredients, and cosmeceuticals. The Global Institute for Bioexploration (GIBEX), an international conglomerate of researchers, is involved in multiple botanical therapeutics discovery and development programs.
Facing Our Demons: Psychiatric Perspectives On Exorcism Rituals, 2016 Western Michigan University
Facing Our Demons: Psychiatric Perspectives On Exorcism Rituals, Joel R. Sanford
The Hilltop Review
Belief in possession by malevolent spirits exists in many cultures and religions throughout the world, and such beliefs often serve as explanations for a variety of psychological and emotional afflictions. Traditional remedies in these cases often involve exorcism rituals, which are believed to expel spirits from a person's mind and/or body. Some of the cases commonly attributed to involuntary spirit possession are diagnosed within the psychiatric community as schizophrenia or some sort of dissociative disorder and treated with psychotherapy and/or medicine. For some in the psychiatric community, exorcisms and their use by patients are viewed as problematic due to their …